Image: Pollaiolo, Piero del - Apollo and Daphne

Description: The nymph Daphne prayed for rescue when she was pursued by the god Apollo. When he touched her, she was turned into a laurel. This is a story from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Such pagan fables were popular subjects to decorate furniture in Florence.The landscape, like that in the altarpiece of the 'Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian', is based on the Arno valley near Florence, and is likely to date from the same period.
Title: Apollo and Daphne title QS:P1476,en:"Apollo and Daphne " label QS:Len,"Apollo and Daphne " label QS:Lit,"Apollo e Dafne" label QS:Lja,"アポロンとダフネ (ポッライオーロ)" label QS:Lfr,"Apollon et Daphné" label QS:Larz,"ابولو و دافنى" label QS:Lpl,"Apollo i Dafne" label QS:Lid,"Apollo dan Dafne" label QS:Lnl,"Apollo and Daphne" label QS:Les,"Apolo y Dafne" label QS:Lfi,"Apollon ja Dafne" label QS:Lde,"Apollo und Daphne" label QS:Lhy,"Ապոլլոն և Դափնե" label QS:Ltr,"Apollon ve Dafni"
Credit: The original uploader was DO'Neil at English Wikipedia.
Author: Piero del Pollaiuolo
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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